India: Today’s news in pictures

Aug 21, 2018 17:04 IST

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Saurabh Chaudhary competes in the men’s 10m air pistol shooting final during the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia. He became the fifth Indian shooter to claim a gold in Asian Games history. Chaudhary aggregated 240.7 while the 42-year-old Matsuda from Japan misfired on the 23rd shot, an 8.9, to settle for silver. He scored 239.7. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP)

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A man seen feeding his goat at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in the old quarters of New Delhi. Muslims across the world have begun celebrating the annual festival which falls during the Hajj period and is also called the Festival of the Sacrifice, commemorating the story of Prophet Ibrahim’s test of faith. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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A man looks from his shanty in a flash-floods affected area of Kalka Colony in Jammu. (PTI)

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A woman clears mud from the entrance of her house following floods in Paravur, Kerala. The government estimates about one lakh buildings, which includes people’s houses, have been damaged, over 10,000km of highways and roads and hundreds of bridges have been washed away, and crops on millions of hectares of land have been lost in the Kerala floods. (Sivaram V / REUTERS)

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Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, facing criticism for hugging Pakistan’s army chief and visiting the country, said on Tuesday the gesture was made in an “emotional moment” and that his trip was not politically motivated. “Pakistan army chief said they were making efforts to open corridor to Kartarpur Sahib, what followed was an emotional moment,” Sidhu said. (Narinder Nanu / AFP File)

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Devotees immerse an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama on the bank of the river Sabarmati at the end of Dashama festival in Ahmedabad. The ten-day festival celebrated in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar culminates with the immersion of the idols of the deity who is worshipped in the western state of Gujarat for good health and prosperity. (Ajit Solanki / AP)

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections. The order came on a petition filed by a Congress leader from Gujarat. (Sonu Mehta / HT File)

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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia take a tour of the after inaugurating the Phase-II of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-D) at Okhla Industrial Area Phase -III in New Delhi. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s top news across the country from Saurabh Chaudhary clinching gold in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol final at the Asian Games 2018 to Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, facing criticism for hugging the Pakistani army chief during his recent visit to the country as part of Imran Khan’s oath-taking ceremony.